A Louisville chugger, no doubt: Chris Thomas counts off seconds as Lauren Sparrow, a student at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, drinks an alcoholic beverage from a hollow plastic baseball bat before spinning around and swinging at a pitch during Spring Break in Port Aransas, Texas.

Saved his bacon: EMT Nick Feeney holds one of the three little pigs that firefighters rescued from a barn fire near Boyceville, Wis. Schutts said they had been worried about largest of the piglets, which they dubbed Big Pig, due to breathing problems, but he is doing fine now.

Photo: Tonya Schutts, Associated Press

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I trust you have a liberal return policy? President Obama holds up a shirt as he shops for clothing for his family alongside store employee Susan Panariello at a Gap in New York City. The president's trip was intended to highlight his proposal to raise the federal minimum wage.

Photo: Saul Loeb, AFP/Getty Images

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Bleacher hopper: When a soccer game gets boring, 7-year-old Mekenzie Blanchard runs the stadium seats at Booker T. Washington High School in Tulsa.

Deadly gas blast in Manhattan: NYFD firefighters battle a blaze at the site of an explosion and double-building collapse on the corner of 116th Street and Park Avenue in Harlem. The blast killed at least two people and injured 20.

Bruin groovin': A trained bear dances to Naseer Ahmed's bagpipe music in Islamabad. Ahmed and the bear earn around 500 rupees ($5) a day performing for passers-by, enough to support Ahmed's family of seven and the bear, presumably.

Dragon breath: A Hindu devotee spits fire with the help of an accelerant during a procession ahead of the Holi festival in Amritsar, India.

Photo: Narinder Nanu, AFP/Getty Images

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Probably not dishwasher-safe: A staff member from Sotheby's presents the Meiyintang "Chicken Cup" from the Chinese Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) during the media preview for the auction of Fine Art Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art in Hong Kong. The cup is expected to fetch between $25.6 million and $38.5 million.

Photo: Kin Cheung, Associated Press

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